Show THE BUSINESS WORL 0 tho situation appears to be sound and the outlook quite cheering it is particularly easy to err in judgment however as to the controlling cont roling influence of general business at aliis season of the year it is also exceedingly difficult to express an opinion of tle prevailing condition without appearing to take the optimists or the pessimists view of the situation so much hinges upon the agricultural results of the year that it is practically impossible to do more than note beuden cies and weigh probabilities at this time the conditional elements in the legitimate industries is so pronounced as during the summer period when the grain crops are ripening and being harvested in many lines of trade it ia almost absolutely essential to anticipate tiie future condition of the farming classes before any more than the crudest kind of information can be obtained cf their real prospects this is in reality the nearest thing to pure speculative action that the conservative serva tive business mannas forced upon him the more even distribution of commodities through the twelve months of the year which nas recently become conspicuous is nevertheless doing a great deal to reduce the uncertainties of the producer and distributor of staple goods at all times any pronounced change in the agricultural situation would undoubtedly throw alie whole business machine out of adjustment but at present it is running very smoothly and with bright prospects of art tidying results hereafter the farmers have been very busy in alio fields and light move rients of produce have been the rule on the transportation lines |